BOOK LAUNCH EVENT: The Oxford Handbook of European Legal History – Book Launch (University of Helsinki, 21 September 2018)

(Source: University of Helsinki)

We learned of a book launch event at the University of Helsinki for the publication of The Oxford Handbook of European Legal History.

Book Launch event: 21 September

You are warmly welcome to attend the Book Launch of

Heikki Pihlajamäki, Markus D. Dubber & Mark Godfrey (eds.)

The Oxford Handbook of European Legal History

Time: Friday 21 September 2018, 2.15–4 pm
Place: University of Helsinki, Porthania 668 (6. floor)

European law, including both civil law and common law, has gone through several major phases of expansion in the world. European legal history thus also is a history of legal transplants and cultural borrowings, which national legal histories as products of nineteenth-century historicism have until recently largely left unconsidered. The Handbook of European Legal History supplies its readers with an overview of the different phases of European legal history in the light of today's state-of-the-art research, by offering cutting-edge views on research questions currently emerging in international discussions.

The Handbook takes a broad approach to its subject matter both nationally and systemically. Unlike traditional European legal histories, which tend to concentrate on "heartlands" of Europe (notably Italy and Germany), the Europe of the Handbook is more versatile and nuanced, taking into consideration the legal developments in Europe's geographical "fringes" such as Scandinavia and Eastern Europe. The Handbook covers all major time periods, from the ancient Greek law to the twenty-first century. Contributors include acknowledged leaders in the field as well as rising talents, representing a wide range of legal systems, methodologies, areas of expertise and research agendas.

Programme:

Heikki Pihlajamäki, Introduction, 2.15 – 2.30

Mia Korpiola, Legal History of Scandinavia and Eastern Europe in High and Late Middle Ages, 2.30 - 2.45

Marianna Muravyeva, Russian Legal History in the Early Modern Period, 2.45 – 3.00

Martti Koskenniemi, The Emergence of International and Comparative Law (Nineteenth Century), 3.00 – 3.15

Refreshments and discussion, 3.15 – 4.00

For more information, see:
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-oxford-handbook-of-european-legal-history-9780198785521?cc=fi&lang=en&

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BOOK: "An Introduction to Empirical Legal Research", by Lee Epstein and Andrew D. Martin

by Lee Epstein, Provost Professor and Rader Family Trustee Chair in Law & Political Science, University of Southern California, and Andrew D. Martin, Professor of Law, and Dean, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, University of Michigan.

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• A concise, accessible introduction to understanding, conducting, and evaluating empirical research in a legal context
• Written by two of the world's leading experts in empirical legal research, drawing on many years' experience of training lawyers and students
• Presents the foundations of statistical modelling and analysis in a language accessible to lawyers with no background in mathematics or formal social science methods
• Supported by an extensive companion website that includes detailed case studies and sample data sets, introductions to statistical software, guides to best practice, and extensive references for further reading

Is the death penalty a more effective deterrent than lengthy prison sentences? Does a judge's gender influence their decisions? Do independent judiciaries promote economic freedom? Answering such questions requires empirical evidence, and arguments based on empirical research have become an everyday part of legal practice, scholarship, and teaching. In litigation judges are confronted with empirical evidence in cases ranging from bankruptcy and taxation to criminal law and environmental infringement. In academia researchers are increasingly turning to sophisticated empirical methods to assess and challenge fundamental assumptions about the law.